Annual Report 2004 - Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

FLINT AREA: GRANTS
Arts, Culture and Education
ARTS AND CULTURE
Flint Cultural Center Corporation, Inc.
Flint, MI
To improve the services and programs of
the Flint Cultural Center Corporation.
Flint Cultural Center Foundation
Flint, MI
To support capital improvements to the
buildings and grounds of the Flint Cultural
Center campus.
Flint Institute of Music
Flint, MI
Grant increase to continue the Music in the
Parks concert series.
$2,400,000
24 mos.
$1,233,450
21 mos.
$20,000
Greater Flint Arts Council
Flint, MI
To support an independent agency that $170,000
provides services to local artists and
36 mos.
increased artistic and cultural enrichment
for the area.
To improve the image of downtown Flint $165,000
through increased participation in existing 12 mos.
and newly developed festivals.
Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA
Grant increase to support maintenance and
management of properties in the Flint
Cultural Center area.
Subtotal: Arts and Culture
EDUCATION
$46,000
$4,034,450
Flint Community Schools
Flint, MI
To support efforts to train older citizens $216,608
as mentors to improve the literacy skills 12 mos.
of children.
Grant increase to support a strategic $50,000
planning process to improve educational
outcomes for Flint children and youth.
To investigate the feasibility and determine $14,000
the cost of relocating the Flint Community 4 mos.
Schools’ food service facility.
Genesee Area Focus Fund
Flint, MI
To support a program that enables
participating schools to create a
customized program of career preparation
activities that integrate with and reinforce
their regular curricula.
Mott Community College
Flint, MI
To support replication and dissemination of
the school’s instructional model and
innovative curriculum.
$42,000
12 mos.
$600,000
35 mos.
United Way of Genesee County $3,825,000
Flint, MI
12 mos.
To support a countywide before- and afterschool
program for elementary and middle
school students that encourages positive
youth development.
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint, MI
To encourage more minority students $77,560
to choose teaching as a career.
12 mos.
To foster a stronger relationship between $72,439
the University of Michigan-Flint and the 16 mos.
schools in the greater Flint area.
To determine the economic feasibility $111,000
of student housing at the university.
12 mos.
Subtotal: Education
Program Area Total: Arts, Culture and
Education
Community Revitalization and
Economic Development
HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS
Court Street Village Non-Profit Housing
Corporation
Flint, MI
To encourage residents of four downtown
Flint neighborhoods to participate in
community revitalization and leadership
training.
Genesee County Habitat for Humanity
Flint, MI
To support the establishment of a retail
venture for quality used and surplus
building materials.
$5,008,607
$9,043,057
$34,967
12 mos.
$25,000
12 mos.
Metro Housing Partnership
Flint, MI
To support an organization created to $100,000
expand and enhance quality housing
12 mos.
initiatives in Genesee County.
To support efforts to renovate a historical $50,000
house damaged by lightning.
12 mos.
Subtotal: Housing and Neighborhoods
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
East Harlem Employment Service, Inc.
New York, NY
To provide employment training, placement
and support to Flint residents seeking
private-sector jobs.
$209,967
$250,000
12 mos.
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